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he disagrees with president obama's political plan that hurts current seniors, just so he can pay for more wasteful spending." we hear this clarification, by the way, not sitting well, with members of the gop leadership. but this entire episode raises too larger points. one, it shows why reforming any of these programs is so difficult, because the political parties are ready to pounce on any type of change that's unpopular and trust me, folks, changing anything to sz enior citizens is unpopular. note that walden is probably reading plenty of these polls that indicate how unpopular this is. and trust me, i've seen the numbers he's seen. it's unpopular. so he's seeing an opportunity to take advantage and save the republican majority. two, walden's comments hurt the gop in its effort to be taken seriously about this grand bargain budget process, and particularly entitlement reform. the past two elections, the republicans have attacked the president and the democrats for raiding $716 billion from medicare, but then using those cuts to help balance their budget, and now, as it's demanding
he disagrees with president obama's political plan that hurts current seniors, just so he can pay for more wasteful spending." we hear this clarification, by the way, not sitting well, with members of the gop leadership. but this entire episode raises too larger points. one, it shows why reforming any of these programs is so difficult, because the political parties are ready to pounce on any type of change that's unpopular and trust me, folks, changing anything to sz enior citizens is...
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analyst, david axelrod, former senior advisory to president obama. thank you very much. great to have you with us on this team. let's talk about the sequester. >> good to be with you. >> i bet it's better to be with us than back in the white house right now, given what the president is facing. there's a lot of posturing from both sides. how do you see the president working his way out of this budget situation? i assume that you think he has the politics behind him. >> well, the dilemma for him in moving forward here is i think you have a country that is kind of inured to fiscal crisis like this. they've always resolved themselves, so it's hard to raise people's sense of alarm about these things, because their assumption is this is just washington being washington. so, it may take, as chris suggests, and i think we're going to see the deadline passed, it may take actual pain for people to pay attention, say, this one is real. this is meaningful. there has to be action. >> and, david, john kerry gave his first speech as secretary of state. he was at uv
analyst, david axelrod, former senior advisory to president obama. thank you very much. great to have you with us on this team. let's talk about the sequester. >> good to be with you. >> i bet it's better to be with us than back in the white house right now, given what the president is facing. there's a lot of posturing from both sides. how do you see the president working his way out of this budget situation? i assume that you think he has the politics behind him. >> well,...
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clearly president obama is choosing to spend political capital on this nomination. there are other things, refusing to designate hezbollah as a terrorist organization, something that 88 senators signed a letter on. he was one of 12 who refused to designate hezbollah as a terrorist organization. there are multiple positions like that which the american public will get to see, the senate will get to ask him questions about, and beyond that, there are left-wing groups that are against him. even though he apologized about his comments about gays. this is a time where the military is reintegrating, they're getting rid of don't ask don't tell. there are hundreds, maybe thousands of military men and women who have been dishonorably discharged over time -- >> he has said that his apology is enough. are there really going to be a bunch of republican senators attacking him for his position on gays? >> so much better on gay rights than chuck hagel is. does anyone seriously think that the obama administration, because it has chuck hagel there, is not committed now -- >> it is n
clearly president obama is choosing to spend political capital on this nomination. there are other things, refusing to designate hezbollah as a terrorist organization, something that 88 senators signed a letter on. he was one of 12 who refused to designate hezbollah as a terrorist organization. there are multiple positions like that which the american public will get to see, the senate will get to ask him questions about, and beyond that, there are left-wing groups that are against him. even...
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. >>> raw politics now and a war of words breaking out over president obama's pick for secretary of defense. he's chuck hagel. >> chuck knows war is not a distraction. he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that's something we only do when it's absolutely necessary. my frame of reference, he has said, is geared towards the guy at the bottom who is doing the fighting and the dying. >> senator hagel, though, may not have an easy confirmation. here is the reaction today from senator john mccain, a one-time political ally who once considered hagel as a running mate. i have serious concerns about the positions senator hagel has taken on a range of critical issues in recent years which we will fully consider in the course of the confirmation process. he's talking about iran, his willingness to consider cuts to the budget, and perhaps his pro -pro pro-israel support. >> i'm a united states senator, not an israeli senator, but my first interest, i take an oath of office to the constitution. >> lindsey graham said his former colleague would, quote, be the
. >>> raw politics now and a war of words breaking out over president obama's pick for secretary of defense. he's chuck hagel. >> chuck knows war is not a distraction. he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that's something we only do when it's absolutely necessary. my frame of reference, he has said, is geared towards the guy at the bottom who is doing the fighting and the dying. >> senator hagel, though, may not have an easy...
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also did her a great favor by insulating her from the politics of the last four years. joe biden, i think, is going to be in the center of a lot of the big political fights over the next year and going to see his approval ratings probably take a beating. of course, playing kyoto say this isn't about 2016. what a fantastic launch for hillary clinton. should she decide to run. i think one of the things we have seen over the last elections is that the person who has some strong connection with a base who's a candidate almost drafted by the base does better. mitt romney didn't have that. john mccain didn't have that. i hazard to say i don't think biden has that either. any of the democrats i talked to always say clinton, clinton, clinton. it's time for a woman. i think this will be hillary clinton's big decision to make and my goodness, joe biden certainly can't be happy about that but i think this sort of speculation about biden, at least keeps sort of interest in obama's presidency. >> right. >> makes it more relevant going forward. >> and let's be real here. i mean, as a
also did her a great favor by insulating her from the politics of the last four years. joe biden, i think, is going to be in the center of a lot of the big political fights over the next year and going to see his approval ratings probably take a beating. of course, playing kyoto say this isn't about 2016. what a fantastic launch for hillary clinton. should she decide to run. i think one of the things we have seen over the last elections is that the person who has some strong connection with a...
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. >>> president obama has outlined a second term agenda that requires changing minds in washington. on gun regulation and immigration, the president has to turn some intangible political capital into results on the hill. first off an upbeat inauguration, the president not only has high favorability ratings. that has made some conservatives pretty nervous. >> i don't know that there's any stopping this. it's up to me and fox news. and i don't think fox news is that invested in this. but there's not -- i don't think there's any republican opposition to this of any majority consequence of size. we'll have to wait and see and find out. >> so far so good for immigration reformers, but today some card carrying members of the conservative media establishment came to rush's rescue. national review released a major resistance and criticism of this immigration deal. in a lead editorial titled "a pointless amnesty" the magazine says it's far from obvious there should be a path to citizenship. the editorial also casts a policy debate over undocumented workers which includes leading republicans
. >>> president obama has outlined a second term agenda that requires changing minds in washington. on gun regulation and immigration, the president has to turn some intangible political capital into results on the hill. first off an upbeat inauguration, the president not only has high favorability ratings. that has made some conservatives pretty nervous. >> i don't know that there's any stopping this. it's up to me and fox news. and i don't think fox news is that invested in...
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an entire political party remakes adamantly opposed to it. yes, the media's coverage has also emphasized what's not working rather than what is. here's the pr reality for the bn obama white house. one side has been lobbing grenades on a daily basis. to delay the individual mandate. while the other side has been sitting there quietly. that was the case again yesterday when the republican-controlled house took their 38th and 39th votes to eliminate, cut funding to, or scale back the health care law. the house voted to delay the employer mandate. the house also voted 251 to 174 to delay the individual mandate. 22 democrats joined republicans on that one. >> then speaker pelosi said that you have to pass the bill to know what's in it. we know now that the administration has read the bill and they know it will not work. what the president said about the mandate on businesses. but we believe individuals should be treated the same. >> by the way, those 22 democrats we'll get to in a minute, have voted with the republicans on both those bills, they'r
an entire political party remakes adamantly opposed to it. yes, the media's coverage has also emphasized what's not working rather than what is. here's the pr reality for the bn obama white house. one side has been lobbing grenades on a daily basis. to delay the individual mandate. while the other side has been sitting there quietly. that was the case again yesterday when the republican-controlled house took their 38th and 39th votes to eliminate, cut funding to, or scale back the health care...
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how does that play politically? zoo see that some cabinet posts are almost rewards for strong deputies, good super staffers. we're want seeing the president do this. he wants the people that he wants there, i mean, in a very -- he and -- look, chuck hagel was probably not the first choice of a lot of folks inside the west wing. there's some questions. can he manage a bureaucracy of his size? how many people are qualified to manage a bureaucracy the size of the defense department? he set that question aside. this is -- this was the president's choice, first choice, and obviously this very close relationship with john brennan, trying to give sort of the cia its mojo back, if you will, in the intelligence community, and i think that that's something that brennan -- that some folks in the intel community i think are hoping brennan does. let's also not forget that, you know, with brennan and hagel going up at the same time, andrea, any questions that there might have been on brennan when it came to torture and the interr
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the obamas don't put them forward in this debate and i think that probably makes a lot of americans uncomfortable. if they wanted attention, well, they succeeded in that. >> well, meantime, the president is going to announce several proposals for congress to consider. among them, universal background checks on gun buyers anywhere, including trade shows, harsher penalties for gun sellers who don't do those checks, a ban on high capacity ammunition magazines and that renewed assault weapons ban. i'm wondering, ron, is this a liberal base wish list or is the president going to fight this the way he did health care, try to make it sort of the defining moment for his second term? >> that's definitely the liberal wish list. my guess is he's going to fight for this. this is one of those defining issues that he could make a big difference on. it's going to be tough, though. the public is largely in favor of a background check, largely in favor of abandoning the high quantity ammunition jackets. they're pretty much split on assault weapon ban, although newtown kind of moved that number just to the north o
the obamas don't put them forward in this debate and i think that probably makes a lot of americans uncomfortable. if they wanted attention, well, they succeeded in that. >> well, meantime, the president is going to announce several proposals for congress to consider. among them, universal background checks on gun buyers anywhere, including trade shows, harsher penalties for gun sellers who don't do those checks, a ban on high capacity ammunition magazines and that renewed assault weapons...
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obama is very political in that speech. i was surprised how much obama used the occasion to make his political points. host: let's go the republican line. good morning, greg. i er: hi, i'm calling -- know i'm in the minority particularly in the state of connecticut being a republican. the issue of child safety and people safety, immediately turns to gun control without a think tank of thoughts of possibly other things can be done. feel separated from the country when president obama ives such a scathing reprimand on who to those who do not support gun control. i see gun control a portion of the process of reducing crime but it is certainly, always seems to be the first thing that the politicians jump on. i thinking background checks -- when we ask people in a poll do you support university versal background check, the obvious answer is always yes. the devil is in the details. when one looks into background checks i think we find that one, they don't accomplish what we want them to accomplish and that is to keep the weapons
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. >> if obama had won that race he wouldn't be president. >> he wouldn't be president now. nobody as yet... maybe he would have but nobody else has moved from there. >> woodruff: so the applause continues. the president, we don't know how long the president will speak. some have guessed it at 50 minutes. maybe an hour. we have no way of knowing until we look at our watches when it's all over. but, mark, i think you're right and david, this is not... you don't sense the excitement, the electricity in the room you have at other state of the union address >> it will build. thank you we'll see. we'll see what he can do with the crowd. he certainly demonstrated an ability over his rather meteoric career to warm up a room when given a challenge. >> woodruff: speaker john boehner. >> the high privilege. members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you so much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. mr. speaker, mr. vice presi
. >> if obama had won that race he wouldn't be president. >> he wouldn't be president now. nobody as yet... maybe he would have but nobody else has moved from there. >> woodruff: so the applause continues. the president, we don't know how long the president will speak. some have guessed it at 50 minutes. maybe an hour. we have no way of knowing until we look at our watches when it's all over. but, mark, i think you're right and david, this is not... you don't sense the...
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the pastor got a little political during his sermon. the episcopal pastor said, drives they cra -- me crazy -- >>> lighter side, the president tweeted this photo for easter that is bowe wearing bunny ears, one versatile dog. >>> the white house website teasing special announcement this morning, wondering what it could it be from the commander in chief? april fool's. >> it looks like you were expecting somebody else. but april fool's on all of y'all. give the world a reason to dance. come to the white house. i'm here. peace. >> if you read only one thing this morning, okay, so macy's placed an ad for a super buy on a necklace but left off one number. instead of saying $479, it was $47. should they have to honor the price? check out the details in my must-read and let me know what you think, up on our facebook page at facebook/january sing co. if i could stop hunger, i would definitely do it. [ male announcer ] let's growl back at hunger. stock up on select general mills groceries at walmart's low prices between april 1st and 30th and you
the pastor got a little political during his sermon. the episcopal pastor said, drives they cra -- me crazy -- >>> lighter side, the president tweeted this photo for easter that is bowe wearing bunny ears, one versatile dog. >>> the white house website teasing special announcement this morning, wondering what it could it be from the commander in chief? april fool's. >> it looks like you were expecting somebody else. but april fool's on all of y'all. give the world a...
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>> i don't have a reaction from president obama. i can tell you people who make those comparisons can check their history because what we have here with one issue in benghazi is so clearly as we're learning more and more a political sideshow, to politicize the tragedy the president feels strongly about that. >> that was tuesday. on wednesday, the question was raised again on whether the open administration's probe of the emails of associated press reporters and editors recalls nixon's targeting of the press. this time the question was posed directly to president obama. >> i want ask about the justice department. do you believe the seizure of phone records from the associated press journalists thatweek was an overreach, you still have full confidence in your attorney general? should we interpret yesterday's renewed interest by the white house in the media shield law as a response to that? more broadly, how do you feel about comparisons by some of your critics of this week's scandal to those that happened under the nixon administratio
>> i don't have a reaction from president obama. i can tell you people who make those comparisons can check their history because what we have here with one issue in benghazi is so clearly as we're learning more and more a political sideshow, to politicize the tragedy the president feels strongly about that. >> that was tuesday. on wednesday, the question was raised again on whether the open administration's probe of the emails of associated press reporters and editors recalls...
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in it, president obama is not happy with political opponent questioning his policies particularly when it comes to the gun control. and chris stirewalt, host of power play on foxnews.com. i want to tell the viewers we got breaking news, comments from one of the newtown families, one of the children's parents. they're very compelling and this father has a different view on gun control than president obama does. and he's the first to stand up on this issue in this way so we're going to play that momentarily, but i want to talk to you first about what's happening at the white house. the president saying i'm going directly to law enforcement and try to get their support for this. and sort of trying to go directly to the american people, which has been his approach. in the meantime though, his comments in the new republic are getting a lot of attention, chris. he was asked about how he's going to work with republicans, going forward, whether it's on gun control or immigration or what have you. and this is what he told the new republic. the interview was conducted by somebody who worked on h
in it, president obama is not happy with political opponent questioning his policies particularly when it comes to the gun control. and chris stirewalt, host of power play on foxnews.com. i want to tell the viewers we got breaking news, comments from one of the newtown families, one of the children's parents. they're very compelling and this father has a different view on gun control than president obama does. and he's the first to stand up on this issue in this way so we're going to play that...
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because he is obama's choice. you have already told us that it's a very rare occasion that the president's choice is not selected. again, what are we left with here? heeshz the same stufr than in 2013. >> american political life has become more about smearing than about engagement with ideas. we haven't talked about another nomination. john brennan and the nomination to be head of the cia has been underreported, and i think what's striking about that is that what was controversial in 2008, and obama had to withdraw him from nomination from the cia. it hasn't been controversial. what does that say about our politics? i want to venture a bold idea which senator daniel patrick moynihan raised in legislation in both 1991 1k3 1995 which this country should think about abolishing the cia. it has a bad track record. we should take a hard look. forget hearings about president's nominees, but we need a new church committee, a new pike committee. people might go check it out. into the abuses of the security state which has
because he is obama's choice. you have already told us that it's a very rare occasion that the president's choice is not selected. again, what are we left with here? heeshz the same stufr than in 2013. >> american political life has become more about smearing than about engagement with ideas. we haven't talked about another nomination. john brennan and the nomination to be head of the cia has been underreported, and i think what's striking about that is that what was controversial in...
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obama thinks this will play well with his political base and i like jeff's point about, a lot of these ideas are not necessarily going to pass, that the president was talking about. so you ask the question, why would a president talk about a lot of things that aren't going to pass, and i think it's to create a patina across his whole presidency that's appealing to a lot of different voters by checking a lot of different boxes and that helps you with the one thing do you need to do and that's they is -- sequester fight coming up on march 1 and the tactical decisions he needs to make are fares he has the public behind him. john: karen, in the speech, what box was he trying to check with the preschool, expanding preschool? that was another new policy proposal here. >> on thursday i sat through three hours of watching focus groups with a demographic the pollsters begun to call the wal-mart mom, swing women voters, and of all the proposals brought up in the speech, when they heard about the jobs proposals, they've heard this so many times and as the woman who conducted the focus group said,
obama thinks this will play well with his political base and i like jeff's point about, a lot of these ideas are not necessarily going to pass, that the president was talking about. so you ask the question, why would a president talk about a lot of things that aren't going to pass, and i think it's to create a patina across his whole presidency that's appealing to a lot of different voters by checking a lot of different boxes and that helps you with the one thing do you need to do and that's...
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. >> the former head of the black caucus if obama was right the black caucus would march on washington. they are worse off today. lou: i was going to the politics of it which will be insignificant at most at the margin rather than the reality of it for black americans and what is being done to deal with, if you will, providing equal opportunity. >> why isn't the urban czar doing anything? >> this is where the lack of jobs hurts those who are the poorest. they don't get the work experience t who fall further ad further behind. it is really hurting the black community. neil: it'd be nice to see the station restored to prosperity all over. what a grumpy, grumpy guy. anyway, thank you for being here. appreciate it. thank you, robert. that is it for us tonight, join us tomorrow. good night from new york. >> as we are shelling out a lot of money, should welfare recipients have no shot at lotto money? welcome, everybody, i am liz macdonald in for neil cavuto. now looking to stop merchants from selling lottery tickets for those who are on bankrupt. money should go to only those who are necessa
. >> the former head of the black caucus if obama was right the black caucus would march on washington. they are worse off today. lou: i was going to the politics of it which will be insignificant at most at the margin rather than the reality of it for black americans and what is being done to deal with, if you will, providing equal opportunity. >> why isn't the urban czar doing anything? >> this is where the lack of jobs hurts those who are the poorest. they don't get the...
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obviously obama has always wanted this grand bargain. the politics is not been able to work for it. but he's also said -- chris: isn't this the bargain? isn't this second best solution by both sigh, this sequester? >> yes. chris: is this the solution? >> if the depresses demand too much -- chris: it's not doing that apparently. >> if it doesn't, i'm all for it. >> there's a possibility to adjust among different budget counts talking to people who run our military services, talking to people in the intelligence community, they do have real problems and they're not going to be able to watch a spy satellite. they're having trouble juggling ship positions. chris: my question goes back to you, is there incentive enough for both parties to give, real gliv until it hurts? the fact the republicans have to raise substantial revenues. democrats would have to eat into medicare. i mean, i can't see the incentives. >> i think the incentive is long-term fiscal stability. i think obama's now playing the legacy game. and what he talked about at the famous dinner this last week was the cuts hee prep
obviously obama has always wanted this grand bargain. the politics is not been able to work for it. but he's also said -- chris: isn't this the bargain? isn't this second best solution by both sigh, this sequester? >> yes. chris: is this the solution? >> if the depresses demand too much -- chris: it's not doing that apparently. >> if it doesn't, i'm all for it. >> there's a possibility to adjust among different budget counts talking to people who run our military...
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this was a case raised by human rights urbanization sent by president obama himself. she was the major face of the crackdown against the human rights defenders in 2009. rohani made good on this promise. he also said that he would try to get the leaders of the green movement release as well. that has gone to the security council which will make the decision to release them. nothing will come outside of negotiations. but already, iran is converting some of its high enriched uranium for fuel purposes it cannot be used for a nuclear weapon and have taken other sets to signal willingness to what further caps on the nuclear program. >> i'm glad you brought that up. we had a clip of him speaking about the nuclear program. >> mr. president, these are prime minister netanyahu's words. not mine. he has said about you -- his strategies to be a wolf in sheep's clothing, smile and build a bomb. can you say now categorically than that iran will not build a nuclear weapon under any circumstances whatsoever? >> firstly, an occupier and a new super government that does injustice to --
this was a case raised by human rights urbanization sent by president obama himself. she was the major face of the crackdown against the human rights defenders in 2009. rohani made good on this promise. he also said that he would try to get the leaders of the green movement release as well. that has gone to the security council which will make the decision to release them. nothing will come outside of negotiations. but already, iran is converting some of its high enriched uranium for fuel...
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this notion that the president and democrats are willing to hurt people to make political points and the republicans want to destroy the country. >> lindsey graham today said obama is a pathetic leader. oddly enough, senator obama said raising the debt ceiling demonstrates a lack of leadership on the president. one could argue the president agrees with lindsey graham he, the president, is a pathetic leader. >> i would just stop of the characterization of him lacking leadership. certainly, on syria there was a real question on leadership. now there's no presidential leadership that i see. i think, frankly, all of them look very bad, and bottom line, greg, we need leadership from somewhere. we're not getting it. >> and boehner is also lacking leadership, because he's been subjugated to the winds of the conservative base. >> yeah, the republicans, we are so divided we don't know what we're up to. the shame of it is, the day this thing began, october 1st, is the day obama care kicked in. we now know 11 days later it is the biggest fiasco of a government rollout, as someone said, since ne
this notion that the president and democrats are willing to hurt people to make political points and the republicans want to destroy the country. >> lindsey graham today said obama is a pathetic leader. oddly enough, senator obama said raising the debt ceiling demonstrates a lack of leadership on the president. one could argue the president agrees with lindsey graham he, the president, is a pathetic leader. >> i would just stop of the characterization of him lacking leadership....
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why can't politics be a matter of belief and honest disagreement, not hatred? why the sick little intramurals we saw today? we begin with senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. i want you to watch this back-and-forth between john mccain and the witness today, chuck hagel. let's take a look. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? >> my -- >> yes or no. >> my reference -- >> can you answer the question, senator hagel? the question is, were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well -- >> i would like to answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer -- >> well, let the record show you refused to answer this question. now, please go ahead. >> if you would like me to explain why -- >> i actually would like an answer. yes or no. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no. i think it's far more complicated than that, as
why can't politics be a matter of belief and honest disagreement, not hatred? why the sick little intramurals we saw today? we begin with senator jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. i want you to watch this back-and-forth between john mccain and the witness today, chuck hagel. let's take a look. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? >> my -- >>...
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you're in english class and they're somehow talking about obama, or in my case, clinton. so i think it's inappropriate for teachers to talk about politics where it doesn't belong. and i think parents and students should be more vocal about it. i'm glad this kid is speaking out and i wish they would do the same. they're learning to do it at an early age, so this kid is getting a head start. >> brooke? >> they're learning to debate. >> i have a theory, brooke, that it's impossible for a republican kid or a conservative to be a victim of bullying because they are exempt from that. if you bully a goth or if you bully a liberal, but you can't bully a republican because people think they're mean, anyway, right? >> right, that' hypocrisy. i applaud this young man for what he's doing raising awareness about this issue and how concerned he is about the welfare of other students. a study at harvard is coming out with a study that 70% of students in law school are left contribu being harassed for the democratic party. we're seeing violations of these students' civil rights under tit
you're in english class and they're somehow talking about obama, or in my case, clinton. so i think it's inappropriate for teachers to talk about politics where it doesn't belong. and i think parents and students should be more vocal about it. i'm glad this kid is speaking out and i wish they would do the same. they're learning to do it at an early age, so this kid is getting a head start. >> brooke? >> they're learning to debate. >> i have a theory, brooke, that it's...
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and a senior editor covering national politics at the atlantic. >>> president obama will meet more people in moore, oklahoma today after the tornado that killed 24 people. high school graduations were held in moore yesterday. attendees held up a photo of teri long while they walked across the stage. long was one who died in the tornado. none of these events were political in nature, but the political actions to it have revealed an area of tension in tea party republicanism. one of the most conservative states in the country will be relying on federal funds to address this disaster. earlier this year, tomko burn and jim imhoff voted against the package in hurricane sandy. he said this won't change his attitude, that it should be matched by spending offsets, that is, by cutting money from something else. many lawmakers disagree, including democratic senator mary landrieu from louisiana, a state who has seen its share of storms. same with tom coburn from oklahoma. coburn and his colleagues may not have to vote a funding bill this time around. they have more than $11 billion in its disaster r
and a senior editor covering national politics at the atlantic. >>> president obama will meet more people in moore, oklahoma today after the tornado that killed 24 people. high school graduations were held in moore yesterday. attendees held up a photo of teri long while they walked across the stage. long was one who died in the tornado. none of these events were political in nature, but the political actions to it have revealed an area of tension in tea party republicanism. one of the...
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let's take a listen to what he had to say about the politics and president obama's motivation to get an immigration bill passed. [video clip] i understand the paranoia because it is a difficult issue. he wanted this accomplishment. this is a legacy item very no doubt in my mind he wants to pass, and -- company has an immigration reform. host: our next call from washington, d.c., on the independent line. go ahead. caller: good morning. the last caller -- not the last caller before made a comment. it made me realize finally something both sides can come together on, black and white, democrat and republican, and that seems to be hate. i don't understand. anybody who doesn't elementary review of immigration policy and the history of the united eight knows that before the mid century, it was an open door if border and anyone could pass. it seems to me the only reason why immigration policy has ever ,hanged has been out of hate misconception, ignorance, and intolerance. yet that is where we are again. they are not white and they are not black, therefore therefore they are latino, they are
let's take a listen to what he had to say about the politics and president obama's motivation to get an immigration bill passed. [video clip] i understand the paranoia because it is a difficult issue. he wanted this accomplishment. this is a legacy item very no doubt in my mind he wants to pass, and -- company has an immigration reform. host: our next call from washington, d.c., on the independent line. go ahead. caller: good morning. the last caller -- not the last caller before made a...
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obama's political advisors say they are confident he will get the credit he deserves if the bill passes this summer" -- close quote. well, that's a important -- important to them, they want to get credit. they have a political agenda. but what's liable to happen is if the bill passes in its present form, it will do damage to the american working person, families, legal residents, legal immigrants who are here trying to get a better payday and they're -- it could very well be a dangerous to be taking credit for the bill. finally, it concludes this way, "that the white house and administration officials have been in frequent touch with republican senators as the lawmakers have to come up with dozens of amendments on tighter border security and other parts of the bill they deem insufficient. white house officials declined to name them" -- close quote. they declined to say what republican senators are over there bowing and scraping to try to get their amendments approved it goes on to say finally "mr. bagano's team is planning to remain in dirksen 201 for as long as the immigration bill rem
obama's political advisors say they are confident he will get the credit he deserves if the bill passes this summer" -- close quote. well, that's a important -- important to them, they want to get credit. they have a political agenda. but what's liable to happen is if the bill passes in its present form, it will do damage to the american working person, families, legal residents, legal immigrants who are here trying to get a better payday and they're -- it could very well be a dangerous to...
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he is in his second term, and we've been talking a lot about how it's a new swagger obama. he seemed more confident and less concerned with lee re-election. as awe denizn of all things political, do you see him expending some amount of personal energy and political capital and pushing this issue in particular? >> i think it remains to be seen. if you recall, cap and trade legislation is a huge failure. this was a major problem. i think he does feel scarred by it. you heard marco rubio. on the one hand, you have chris christie on one side talking about the realities of the aftermath of sandy, and then you have marco rubio in his state of the union response saying what he said, so i think that realistically there is not going to be much congressional action. i think what he said in his state of the union the other night is where he would like to go. the big test is going to be the keystone pipeline. i don't know the answer to how this is going to play out. i mean, i think -- i don't know that this is going to be his major priority over, say, immigration. >> i'm not saying maj
he is in his second term, and we've been talking a lot about how it's a new swagger obama. he seemed more confident and less concerned with lee re-election. as awe denizn of all things political, do you see him expending some amount of personal energy and political capital and pushing this issue in particular? >> i think it remains to be seen. if you recall, cap and trade legislation is a huge failure. this was a major problem. i think he does feel scarred by it. you heard marco rubio. on...
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gerri: with are not worthy for another four years of president obama? despite the political system putting him in office again, white house communications director telling the washington post, listen to this, there's a moment of opportunity now that is important. what's frustrating is that we don't have a political system or an opposition party worthy of the opportunity. wow. with more on this, steven hayes, senior writer for the weekly standard. steven, how can we move forward if the president's press people say stuff like this? >> yeah, that was a remarkable comment. particularly, given the fact it was published on the president's, at least the ceremony yal inauguration day, and the day in which the president addressed the calling for civility and unity. you, i don't think he meant it. it's what we're looking here in washington is this kind of confrontational aggressive liberalism from the president, but you have to ask what did dan mean when he talked about a political system that's not worthy of the president? i mean, does he want the president to b
gerri: with are not worthy for another four years of president obama? despite the political system putting him in office again, white house communications director telling the washington post, listen to this, there's a moment of opportunity now that is important. what's frustrating is that we don't have a political system or an opposition party worthy of the opportunity. wow. with more on this, steven hayes, senior writer for the weekly standard. steven, how can we move forward if the...
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i thought the most adroit political move was president obama endorsing president bush's leadership on immigration and saying that this was his legacy, and let's vindicate his vision. grassley, ahuck ranking member of the senate judiciary said, after the boston bombings, all this talk about immigration reform, it is time to look at immigration laws and policies already in place to make sure we are addressing national security issues. >> the bombings have implications on terror policy, implications on the miranda rule and all of that. it does not have any implications in reality of immigration. i know is being used left and right but you will have immigrants, going back to the early 19th century, 20th- unexpected is not and it is the price of immigration, of which the good that we get from immigrants far weighs theseut feelings of this affection or violence. >> amazingly, we sit here week after week talking about how washington is dysfunctional. this is the first time i thought they would do something. the stars are in alignment. really, the republicans cannot afford to bid anti-immigra
i thought the most adroit political move was president obama endorsing president bush's leadership on immigration and saying that this was his legacy, and let's vindicate his vision. grassley, ahuck ranking member of the senate judiciary said, after the boston bombings, all this talk about immigration reform, it is time to look at immigration laws and policies already in place to make sure we are addressing national security issues. >> the bombings have implications on terror policy,...
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political strategy to punish eighth graders visiting from illinois instead of, say, employees of the agriculture department who will be sampling wine and sampling tasty dishes prepared by special guest chefs. critics also criticized the cancellation of tours. >>> with more republicans embracing immigration reform, former governor jeb bush is looking to stake out his issue on the issue. in the past he favored a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented workers, but his new book says they should be given permanent legal status instead, but his stance seemed to change during a series of interviews. >> let's wait a few minutes and see how jeb bush changes his mind again. his opinion on immigration is not evolving, it's devolving. i don't think jeb bush is a florida leader. marco rubio is. >> senator lindsey graham who is working with rubio on an immigration bill said the proposal outlined in the book "undercuts what we're trying to do." a new poll shows immigration is the most important issue for latino voters. >>> john brennan has moved one step closer to confirmation. after the
political strategy to punish eighth graders visiting from illinois instead of, say, employees of the agriculture department who will be sampling wine and sampling tasty dishes prepared by special guest chefs. critics also criticized the cancellation of tours. >>> with more republicans embracing immigration reform, former governor jeb bush is looking to stake out his issue on the issue. in the past he favored a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented workers, but his new book...
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i think people will pretty quickly forget the 37 votes to repeal obama care. the political challenge that's going to come from republicans offense the next couple of years is going to be to deal with the fact that many states have not taken the medicaid expansion. there are going to be these lingering issues where you'll have hospital systems and people who would be eligible for medicaid coming to republicans officials saying why are you taking this money the federal government is sending to other states, why are we paying taxes -- >> why are we paying for poor californians? >> yes. i think it is going to be a rolling political problem for republicans but i'd disagree with sam's contention -- >> how dare you! >> -- that the odds -- >> that's the first time this has happened. >> i don't think the odds of repeal are going to decline in the dpfuture because the odds f repeal are already zero. the last chance for repeal was the election of are trying to g party to understand. i think finally when the major provisions of obama care come into effect next year an peo
i think people will pretty quickly forget the 37 votes to repeal obama care. the political challenge that's going to come from republicans offense the next couple of years is going to be to deal with the fact that many states have not taken the medicaid expansion. there are going to be these lingering issues where you'll have hospital systems and people who would be eligible for medicaid coming to republicans officials saying why are you taking this money the federal government is sending to...
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the political marketplace will determine ted cruz's future. we helped president obama when he needed our help the most. after this debacle called the shutdown, our party's been hurt. or brand name is at its lowest ever. obamacare got a bump in polling, and we got in the way of a disastrous roll-out. from my point of view, this was a tactical choice that hurt us, but the good news for the republican party is that of the debacle is over, if we don't do it again sphp and obamacare is a continuing debacle. one quick story. a friend of mine owns 52 wendys. he has 40% of his workforce ensured today. under obamacare, if 20% choose insurance his insurance costs will double. that story is repeating itself throughout the economy. obamacare is a debacle that will go into 2014. the shutdown should be in our rearview mirror as republicans. >> schieffer: i will just respond that the white house says it won't happen that way. i'm sorry, we're out of time. but i want to thank both senators for being here. [ male announcer ] the founder of mercedes-benz once w
the political marketplace will determine ted cruz's future. we helped president obama when he needed our help the most. after this debacle called the shutdown, our party's been hurt. or brand name is at its lowest ever. obamacare got a bump in polling, and we got in the way of a disastrous roll-out. from my point of view, this was a tactical choice that hurt us, but the good news for the republican party is that of the debacle is over, if we don't do it again sphp and obamacare is a continuing...